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Monday, 21 January 2013

NLI publishes introduction to Irish family history

The National Library of Ireland has produced a neat introduction to Irish genealogy research in the form of a free to download pdf.

The 24-page document covers all the main areas of research that are of interest to beginner family historians and provides details of the Library's own most genealogy-relevant collections eg microfilms of all surviving RC parish registers, occupational records and newspapers (the NLI holds the largest collection of national and regional newspapers in Ireland, covering over 1,770 individual titles from the seventeenth century to the present day, plus titles of Irish interest published abroad.)

It's a very handy, not to mention very well-presented, resource for beginners.

My new 82-page e-book published!

Details of all the Irish family history releases 2011-2015 in an attractive and handy e-book.

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Irish genealogy research is famous for being difficult, if not impossible. This reputation isn't entirely deserved, although there can be some fundamental difficulties in discovering your Irish ancestry, particularly if you don't know where your ancestors lived. That's why I launched my website, Irish Genealogy Toolkit. It's a free online guide to Irish family history research, and it's designed to helpyou to find your heritage.

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